#E8D863#E8D863

#E8D863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D863
RGB	rgb(232, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -8.76, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 59.16, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0278 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0888, 67.1707, 21.6020)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D863 #6373E8

analogous

#E89663 #E8D863 #B6E863

triadic

#E8D863 #63E8D8 #D863E8

tetradic

#E8D863 #63E896 #6373E8 #E863B6

square

#E8D863 #63E896 #6373E8 #E863B6

split-complementary

#E8D863 #63B6E8 #9663E8

monochromatic

#B6A31B #E0CB2E #E8D863 #F0E598 #F8F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E8D863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E8D863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D863

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D863	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e393',
    500: '#e8d863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d863;
$custom-light: #f2e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87277,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D863

secondary

#3948B6

accent

#27D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D863

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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